IPAC-PANA!

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IPAC-PANA: The Little Chapter that Could

The IPAC-PANA chapter was founded in 2009. Members live and work in Peel Region and

neighboring areas. The chapter membership has grown. In 2015 IPAC-PANA had 42 members

earning a free IPAC Canada membership for the second year in a row for growing the membership!

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IPAC-PANA: Goals and Objectives

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• To promote IPAC Canada as the national body of experts in infection prevention and control.

• To initiate and develop effective communication between infection prevention and control professionals to share knowledge and experience and promote IPAC-PANA members as the local experts in infection prevention and control.

• To encourage the development and standardization of effective and rational infection control programs in the health care facilities and agencies.

• To support seminars for ICPs sponsored by local, provincial, and national groups.

• To improve the knowledge and skills of ICPs to provide quality infection control to the consumers of health care in Peel and neighbouring area.

• To heighten community awareness through education on infection prevention and control and the implications on the health and well-being of the residents within our community.

IPAC-PANA

MEMBERS: 2015 Executive

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IPAC-PANA President: Anne Augustin

IPAC-PANA President Elect: Debbie Valickis

IPAC-PANA Secretary/Membership Director: Lindsay Gembicki

IPAC-PANA Treasurer: Donna Moore

IPAC-PANA Webmaster: Meghan Davies

MEETINGS: Five Meetings in 2015

IPAC-PANA chapter meets every two months and had a total of five (5) meetings in 2015.

The meeting format, developed from membership feedback, has a strong focus on our round table discussion where

membership has an opportunity to share exciting happenings and ask burning questions.

This is followed by a business meeting and ends with an educational session. Our chapter meetings start at 08:30 and

end at approximately 11:30 hours. Light refreshments (tea, coffee, sweets) are provided at each meeting.

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MEETINGS: 2015 Educational Sessions

• January 15, 2015: Gurnish Tiwana – Ryerson University Nursing student presented his project on “ABHR – what does the labelling mean?” and Janine Domingos presented on WOHS Hand Hygiene App

• March 19, 2015: Bernard Siedlecki from Pinchin Ltd. presented on Legionella Sources and Risks.

• May 21, 2015: Madeleine Ashcroft presented on her Experiences with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone.

• September 17, 2015: Mark Heller presented on Environmental Hygiene Fundamentals & Technology

• December 10, 2015: Road Trip to Pinchin Ltd.! Education regarding risk of Aspergillus during renovations/maintenance activities and have a tour of the laboratory and a demonstration of Aspergillus and Legionella going through the culturing process.

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IPAC-PANAMMore than just a game!

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On Thursday April 28, 2015 IPAC-PANA collaborated with Peel Public Health and Public Health Ontario to organize an inaugural educational event building on the Pan Am

and Parapan Am Games that were planned for the summer of 2015. The fantastic line-up of speakers and

overwhelming positive response of the attendees confirmed the success of this IPAC-PANAM event.

Opening Remarks by Dr.

Monica Hau, Associate

Medical Officer of Health, Peel Public Health

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All Star Speaker Lineup

• Keynote - Ben Addley, Polyclinic Manager of Pan Am Games

• Building a Defensive Line – Pan Am and Emergency Preparedness - Dr. Brian Schwartz, Public Health Ontario

• What’s Your Offensive Strategy? Syndromic Surveillance - Sandra Callery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

• Benched! Infections in Sports - Dr. Jenny Johnstone, Public Health Ontario

• Making the Call – Risk Communication – Dr. Ronald Brecher, Consultant

• Making a Come Back – When Disaster Strikes – Ethical Issues in IPAC - Dr. Gary Garber, Public Health Ontario

Dr. Jennie Johnstone presented on Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Sports

124 attendees were riveted to the speaker presentations as they explained the detailed planning for the Pan and Parapan Am games

and the potential IPAC issues related to sports and the games. The event provided much wanted information about the Pan Am and Parapan Am games to attendees that spanned the acute, LTC, RH, First Responders, OHA, Public Health, Community Health Agency

sectorsAs well our industry partners were “extremely satisfied with the

engagement of attendees at their exhibits and booths”

IPAC CANADA Conference

IPAC-PANA Attendees: Lindsay Gembicki, Melissa Zambrano, Madeleine Ashcroft, Debbie Valickis and Alexis

Silverman attended the IPAC Canada conference and some are photographed here networking with IPAC Canada

conference speakers and colleagues.

IPAC CANADA Conference

POSTER Presentation: Asha Sheikh and Joseph Brant Hospital colleagues poster on “Is Bedside Isolation for Droplet Contact Precautions Effective in Preventing Transmission of

Disease in an Emergency Department Setting? A Simple Prospective Study examining exposure and transmission of

respiratory infection”

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IPAC-PANA President Anne Augustin is involved as:• Member of standards and Guidelines committee. • Lead of sub-committees to review and revise the

Human Milk position statement and the Toys Practice Statement.

IPAC-PANA Treasurer Donna Moore is involved as:• Chair of the IPAC – Canada IPAC courses endorsement

committee • Co-chair of Reprocessing Interest Group

IPAC CANADA Involvement

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IPAC-PANA Collaborations

• Collaborated with Public Health Ontario and Wellington-Dufferin Guelph in “Infection Connection Education Day”

• Collaborated with Public Health Ontario and Peel Public Health in “IPAC-IT Education Day

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MEMBERS: Activities

• NEW CICs! Arpita Bhattacharya and Mary Woodwarkof William Osler Health System obtained their CICs in 2015.

• IPAC Course Graduate! Meghan Davies completed PHO’s Non-acute Care Infection Control Training Program

• Infection Connection Education Day: Anne Augustin presentation at the Infection Connection on “To Treat, Not to Treat: The UTI and Asymptomatic BacteriuriaQuestion!”

Environmental Service Workshops Justin Moriarty and Lindsay Gembicki (Peel Public Health) collaborated with Anne Augustin, Donna Moore, Madeleine Ashcroft and Debbie Valickis and Central South Infection Control Network to provide 4 Environmental Services workshops.

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MEMBERS: Activities

• Donna Moore presented at IPAC-CSO Spring Education Day on her experience with MERS CoV in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• Adenike Rowiaye and the William Osler Health System IPAC Team published article Hand Hygiene Rewards Program in CJIC Spring 2015 issue.

• Debbie Valickis led a PHO IPAC Team hand hygiene relay event to celebrate IPAC week.

• Anne Augustin and Debbie Valickis collaborated with Mississauga Halton Infection Control Network to hold an Open House that provided resources and ideas for stakeholders to conduct their own IPAC week.

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CHAPTER PROUD

2015 was a very successful year for IPAC-

PANA. Despite the small size of our chapter,

we proudly took the podium at our

inaugural IPAC-PANAMevent enhancing

infection prevention and control capacity across the continuum of care. Keynote Speaker Ben Addley Polyclinic Manager Pan Am and

Parapan Am Games with Anne Augustin IPAC-PANA President